As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit, or belief, they were called a Republic. (Evelyn Waugh)

As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit, or belief, they were called a Republic.

Evelyn Waugh

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